LG has been battling hard with its home grown arch rival Samsung in almost everything. Their latest bragging right is the already-in-market dual-core Optimus 2X and Optimus 3D Android smartphones, and the mighty Optimus Pad tablet.
However, there is a problem with them. The processors powering them are not made by LG themselves, instead provided by Nvidia for the Optimus 2X and Optimus Pad, and by Texas Instruments for the Optimus 3D, making LG a huge step behind its strongest rival Samsung, who is producing its own dual-core SoC.
Now that they’ve identified the problem, LG stepped up the game by buying its own ARM license, which is specifically for the Cortex-A9 design that is dominating today and the Cortex-A15 with Mali-T604 graphics that promises to rule the mobile world from 2012 onwards — and start churning out its own processors shortly after.
Since LG has the ability to manufacture their own processors too, the rivalry will heat up even more in South Korea, and in the global market of handheld devices.
The battle between LG and Samsung has been a harsh one, as both Korean giants battle off to show-off the latest technology from their labs. Now the results are out, and it seemed that LG is victorious, at least in the LED Monitor market. LG claims 18-percent of LED Monitors market share for the year 2010, making it the no.1 seller of LED monitors globally. The research was conducted by a global market research firm, DisplaySearch.
“This represents a strong endorsement of LG’s drive to increase investment in R&D over the last 12 months. The reason for our success is simple: We’ve focused on listening to our customers and then innovating around those needs. To keep on growing our market share, we’re going to be moving strongly into CINEMA 3D monitors in the near future.” — HK Kwon, Managing Director, LG Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd.
Just a year before that in 2009, the company only had a mere 1 percent market share in the LED monitors category and leaped to 10% last year. This was made possible because the company was already well prepared when the market shifted from LCD to LED LCD monitors. LG was then well placed to capitalize as the market took off last year. The company invested heavily last year in growing its LED LCD monitor business as they battle off with Samsung, while also conducting a major marketing campaign called “Show Your Sincerity” which was held in nine countries worldwide.
With LED LCD monitors’ share of the overall monitor market expected to grow to 30 percent this year from 10 percent last year, LG is aiming to secure 20 percent of this fast-growing sector. As it pushes hard to consolidate its No. 1 position in the global LED LCD monitor market, LG will be placing a particular focus on products with its In-Plane Switching (IPS) panels, sophisticated, slim design and CINEMA 3D monitors.
Whenever we heard of Acer’s laptops, all we can think of are budget laptops. Not like that’s a bad thing, but apparently the board isn’t very happy with that. Remember Acer saying that they want to take on the likes of Apple and Sony and HP? Well, it seems that they have taken the initiative, at least, to move a step forward in doing so.
DigiTimes has a source saying that Acer will be using LG’s Shuriken display in their upcoming 14.1-inch laptop. But what’s special about this? Well, the laptop is said to be no bigger than that of a 13.3-inch model, despite having a 14.1-inch display.
That’s because the Shuriken’s panel will require less bezel (8mm instead of 12mm) and less thickness, slimming itself down to just 4mm. LG already has the 12.5-inch Xnote P210, which would seem to be employing similar technology, so it’s not a stretch to believe the company’s war on bezels has stepped up to the 14-inch size class.
Acer is expected to launch this new laptop as early as next month, though the cost of the Shuriken displays is cited as the reason they haven’t been taken up more widely yet, but that’s the price to pay for going upscale I guess.
The rivalry in Korea is not slowing down. Whenever Samsung announce a new breakthrough, LG is sure to follow (and vice versa, taking turns). LG is again taking a lead in the display technology by demonstrating a crazy new 47-inch display that packs in everything a geek could want: IPS technology, 1080p resolution, multitouch, and some good old transparency, just because they can. Totally a James Bond technology right there.
Of course, this is not a commercial product for home use, but this so-called Window Display is intended for advertisers and other digital signage proprietors, meaning that even if it wasn’t still at the concept stage, it likely wouldn’t be populating living rooms anyway.
These days the air that we breathe is rather polluted, as more industrial zones are developed, and more cars on the road. Purely relying on your air-conditioner to ionizer your air is not very effective, and that’s why we also need air purifier. Lots of people do not know the usage of air purifier, but it’s as important as our fans and air-conditioners. A good example is this new LG LA-U110DW.
The LG LA-U110DW is the Korean company’s new air purifier that also functions as an air humidifier. This gadget is capable to filter and eliminate up to 99% of the common viruses from the surrounding air, including the famous H1N1. This air purifier adopts the Nano-plasma Ion technology and the HEPA filter. What’s more, the LG LA-U110DW is also able to remove up to 95% of most allergens in just 5 minutes.
With so many people in a room, especially a closed hall or an office, sometimes having air purifier is a good thing.
Next year will be the year where smartphones and tablets shine and go amazing. Why? That’s because we’ll be getting blistering fast processors, and Dual Cores! That’s the main point! And we shall start with LG. the Korean electronics giant has yet again pulled off a ‘first’ for their title. Yes, this is the LG Optimus 2X, aka the LG Star. This phone will literally put all current smartphone to shame. All thanks to the Nvidia Tegra 2 chip in this phone, because Tegra 2 will give anything your current phone’s running an inferiority complex.
The Optimus 2X runs on the Android 2.2 aka Froyo, and will be shown to public in the upcoming CES. By then, probably the retail product will have Gingerbread. The phone is powered by a Tegra 2 chip, featuring a 1GHz dual-core processor under its cover.
The phone is huge, as most Android phones tend to be. It has a 4-inch capacitive screen with multitouch and 800 x 480 resolution. All thanks to the dual-core processor, the Optimus 2X is able to playback 1080p contents with no lag, and supply visuals to larger displays thanks to the HDMI mirroring, though I still think 1080p content on a 4-inch screen is overkill. The HDMI connection also allows you to play Android games on a larger screen while using the phone as a controller.
Internal memory reaches 8GB, and there’s the 8-Megapixel camera at the back a 1.3-Megapixel camera in the front for video calling, and cam-whoring if you want.
The Optimus 2X is slated for a 2011 release in Asia and Europe after its launch in CES 2011, and will ship with Android 2.2 (Froyo), but of course, a 2.3 (Gingerbread) update will follow. LG may even have Gingerbread coming with the retail unit, but there’s no guarantee. There’s been no announcement about a U.S. release yet. Specs below:
1Ghz Dual-core Processor (NVIDIA Tegra 2)
4-inch WVGA screen
8GB memory (up to 32GB via microSD)
1,500 mAh battery
8 megapixel rear camera and 1.3 megapixel front camera
Analog VGA has been around for more than 20 years, and at this age it’s no surprise that a group of consumer electronics titans have declared dropping support for VGA by 2015. Among the crowd is AMD, Intel, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung and LG. Reason given is that the legacy port is outshined by current technology’s increased energy efficiency, smaller size, and support for higher-resolutions. Well, all the better right?
AMD plans to lead the charge by starting the VGA removal process in 2013 and even intends to go the extra mile by stripping DVI-I and low voltage differential signalling technology (LVDS) support too. It’s good to know that AMD is hard supporting more cutting edge standards like Displayport 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a, which I fully support. But Apple would probably be pondering what took them so long.
720p on your iPhone 4? Meh! That’s so yesterday. These days every Tom, Dick, Harry, Jane and Lucy’s phone can produce their own homemade .3gp at 720p quality. Let’s look over to South Korea. Yes, there seemed to be a political tension there, but if you look further into it. Yes. There you go with 1080p on a phone. That’s LG’s LU3000.
The phone comes with a very standard 1GHz TI OMAP3630 chip, allowing it to jot down 1080p video playback on its spec sheet. That goes great with the built-in HDMI port and DLNA wireless capabilities. The 3.8-inch screen offers an 800 x 480 resolution, there’s a 5 megapixel camera around the back, and a mildly skinned Android 2.2 performs the OS duties.
The phone sells for ₩ 800,000 (roughly USD 705) next week at the company’s country, but it seemed that they’re back at it again. South Korea only. No love for other countries it seemed. Reminds me of the time when Samsung sells shitloads of phones that are Korea-only back then.
Here comes yet another ‘very thin’ monitor from LG. it’s the new LG E2290V, which the Korean electronics giant claims to be the world’s slimmest LCD display. Measuring at just 7.2mm thick, the 21.5-inch LG E2290V features a full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution and uses LED back-lit. The slim LCD monitor also supports a fast 2ms response time, a dynamic contrast ratio of 10,000,000:1 and a brightness level of 250 cd/m². The LG E2290V provides several connectivity options such as DVI, D-Sub and HDMI. If you want one, you can buy the 21.5-inch LG E2290V LCD monitor for €329 or around $440 each.
Here’s another high quality monitor from the Korean electronics giant LG. They’ve launched a new 23-inch IPS LCD monitor which can be used as a computer monitor or TV. This IPS panel features 240Hz, which means refresh rate of 240 frames per second. Totally pawns Alienware’s 100Hz monitor and would be awesome for some action pack gaming and HD movies, as this lightning fast refresh rate significantly reduces motion blur to make it less strenuous on the viewer’s eyes and deliver true-to-life images.
This is the first time that the 240Hz technology was applied in a 23-inch product under mass production. The full HD 23-inch 240Hz LCD panel combines the 120Hz technology (refreshes 120 images per second) with the scanning backlight technology, which enable a backlight to be repeatedly turned on and off. Additionally, the use of IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology panel helps reduce distortion in colour or images from any viewing angle, which makes products ideal for TVs.
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